Monopole and Exotics Detector at the LHC
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The Monopole and Exotics Detector at the LHC (MoEDAL) is a dedicated experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to search for magnetic monopoles and other highly ionizing, beyond-Standard-Model particles.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
CERN experiment
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Large Hadron Collider experiment → particle physics experiment → |
| abbreviation |
MoEDAL
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| associatedExperiment |
LHCb
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| collaborationSize |
tens of physicists
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| collaborationType |
international collaboration
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| complements |
ATLAS
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CMS → LHCb → |
| country |
Switzerland
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| dataTakingRun |
LHC Run 1
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LHC Run 2 → LHC Run 3 → |
| designedFor |
search for dyons
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search for long-lived particles → search for multiply charged particles → search for stable massive particles → |
| detectorTechnology |
nuclear track detectors
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timepix pixel detector → trapping detector → |
| detectorType |
passive detector
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| hostInstitution |
CERN
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| locatedAtAccelerator |
Large Hadron Collider
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| locatedAtInteractionPoint |
LHC Point 8
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| location |
CERN
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| operationalMode |
passive during LHC collisions
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| primaryGoal |
search for magnetic monopoles
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| readoutMethod |
chemical etching of nuclear track detectors
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induction measurements of trapped monopoles → scanning of etched plastic sheets → |
| researchField |
experimental particle physics
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high-energy physics → |
| researchFocus |
beyond-Standard-Model particles
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highly ionizing particles → magnetic monopoles → |
| searchesFor |
Dirac magnetic monopoles
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Q-balls → exotic stable massive particles → monopolium → supersymmetric long-lived particles → ’t Hooft–Polyakov monopoles → |
| sensitivityFeature |
optimized for very high ionization energy loss
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| spokesperson |
James Pinfold
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| startOfDataTaking |
2010
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| usesComponent |
Timepix radiation monitors
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aluminium trapping volumes → plastic nuclear track detectors → |
| website |
https://moedal.web.cern.ch
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